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RT @ultrabrilliant: If you pick a dandelion up, select 'hold' from your inventory, then blow on the mic, you blow the seeds off. GOTY. #ACNLPermalink Look on archive.org
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Someone stole my towel while I was in the shower :<Permalink Look on archive.org
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Did I post about ANCIENT GREEK GEOMETERY? I think I did. Here's a nice thing about it being used in the classroom: pinkmathematics.blogspot.fr/2013/06/ancient-greek-geometry.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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And if you missed it, you should go play it at sciencevsmagic.net/geoPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @1000tongues: @v21 playing #proteus frog god, and being watched by the impromptu furry convention. #Roskilde #sportsfriends http://t.co/…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vorrintal I had to go upstairs dripping wet and hire one.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@vorrintal Ha, I put on some underwear first. That sucks, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sitting here, drunk, listening to the Proteus loading music and watching other people set up a trampoline to show the mod I made.Permalink Look on archive.org
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While @jonbro heroically tries to compile my code for me...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @whitingjp: Oh my! Incredible Twin Peaks + gameboy music intersection soundcloud.com/fabiollo/fire-walk-with-me (thanks to my bro @dawhiting for finding i…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Not going to London Indies.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox @dkanaga WHATPermalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox @dkanaga SEND MEPermalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox @dkanaga THISPermalink Look on archive.org
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I am such a fan of @webbedspacePermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @webbedspace: You're a precise, methodical fighter… Your blade is marked in centimetres… You scold yourself for slicing even one deeper …Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @webbedspace: You're a scholarly, learned fighter… You've pored over the feints of the greats… You follow every slash by shouting a cita…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @compositeredfox: one of my main goals with Panoramical is actually having fun making it. I love how that is translating to other, usual…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @webbedspace: You're a civil, polite fighter… You bow and doff your hat before each thrust… Your victims bleed to death while dignified …Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro @nickludlam yeah -- sorry, easiest way to share my hackery getting it to compile locally (& compiling that on mac)Permalink Look on archive.org
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let us all have a moment of thankfulness for cables that fall out when you trip over them and spill your wine on stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I did that vinespam, for anyone anxiously waiting for the last few days to see what it'd consist of.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ElectronDance @patrickashe where's your cool blazer? Exactly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I swore I'd never use these cargo pockets. But when that woman shoved this Move controller in my hand, I did. I played Joust, dear reader.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sorry I keep retweeting @puahate_txt - it's just fantastic.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Here's another thing @jennatar has written that'll make you cry. bygonebureau.com/2013/07/02/my-mothers-dog/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Made Oculus Rift CUBES today.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I feel like the best bit of the Oculus is that you strap a screen to someone's eyes and they can't look away, not the VR bits.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC @doougle Ah-haha -- that's definitely on the list to investigate. 3D is pretty cool for CUBES, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC @doougle The 3D bit is nice in that it makes everything look like polygons again, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Getting old: got tentatively asked whether I had a family, not whether I was seeing someone.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer this was my immediate mental responsePermalink Look on archive.org
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@MetzoPaino away in Denmark, I'm afraid!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @beckwig: I wrote about Grim Fandango & adventure games & LucasArts & poetry for @SidekickBooks and it is here: sidekickbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/poetry-guest-appearing-in-games-4-grim.html#more T…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @john_brindle: So-called flat organisations always turn out to hide invisible but keenly felt soft hierarchies of authority/control. htt…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@beckwig my pleasure! I saw a @jennatar fav - bet she digs the article. And I'm looking forward to Part 2.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Still in Denmark! But Roskilde is over now. I had a really good time, and now feel wrecked.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I got sunburnt and swam in a lake and kissed my girlfriend lots and saw Sigur Ros and saw Dakhabrakha and ported CUBES to the Oculus ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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... and hung out with lots of really cool Copenhagen games people and drank endless beer and got to sit in a shipping container ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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... writing code and ran lots of cool games including one I made for a trampoline which has a frog costume. P great!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP with a controller, currently. Moving your head is a thing that's worth exploring more, but it's not an obvious fit.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP but the current version is really quite effective, even without the need to be constantly craning you head round, like most OR gamesPermalink Look on archive.org
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@dgrey0 to be fair, I was there since last Saturday. So not quite so action packed as all that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP and full field of view feels great. Considering altering the strength of the depth effect along to the music... could be good...Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @CphGC: @LauKorsgaard has written about body contact, hugatron and feminist issues on the blog copenhagengamecollective.org/2013/07/08/3871/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @KommanderKlobb for your sake, I would commission for a set amount of money (+ expenses).Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @KommanderKlobb that obviously then gets translated into an amount of work/time, via an implicit day rate, but it puts ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @KommanderKlobb ... the risk of overruns, over scoping onto the designer. Feels fair if they keep the rights?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Look at this amazing Polygon article about Die Gute Fabrik! polygon.com/2013/7/4/4483422/how-mutants-monsters-and-baroque-swordsmen-inspire-die-gute-fabriksPermalink Look on archive.org
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(I think I should just change my last name to Buckingham and save everyone the hassle)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP did everything but actually announce it and start selling it. But I couldn't be bothered doing PR, and it was an old game by then.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP if I finish up the Oculus stuff, would you be interested in just ... doing all that stuff for me, for a cut?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Endlessly posting links to Jo Freeman's The Tyranny Of Structurelessness jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm : this time, RE Valve.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Yeah! All that stuff! Let's talk in a week or so?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Oh! Vine has a "Copy URL" button now!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Why does Dredd have the theme tune to Snuff Box in it?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar it's pretty gold so far!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Also, nmap, top and a system monitor. Apparently they still have page files in the future.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef nope, in Copenhagen til Sunday. Otherwise!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fridgehead @tef *sigh* I can teach you some Unity, tef.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir in retrospect, they could be like... 15 cm smaller. Sorry.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow what?! I don't remember leaving this on your laptop, but it sounds awesome. Link?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kittaveli @anamanaguchi come support their show in London!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow what's the file name, even?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk the more I deal with MIDI, the more I appreciate OSC.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe oh wow, that's great news. At Roskilde I kept telling people it was the only nicer festival I've been to.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe oh also : if you ever need someone to help incompetently perform a performancey thing some, I would be interested.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Jeri Ellsworth failing to convince Valve to let her hire a machinist and Sarah Lacy saying only tech people build things.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This isn't a fun video to watch m.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/jul/08/mos-def-force-fed-guantanamo-bay-videoPermalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe it is the most middle classPermalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe and a family camping field...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@martinhollis oh, also : still away, but back in civilisation. Could Skype tomorrow?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox Dropbox has mangled my Unity projects before, beware. (So has git, of course, but it made me feel like it was my fault)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin oh, those games are great! Ahhhh, gutted to have had that conflict with Roskilde!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe these are also great! Thanks for continuing to spur me slowly on to performance stuff!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe How about : next Beta Public, you remake CUBES, and I'll do Tetris?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe pah! If you've made a game you're a game designer!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @electrolemon: and you may tell yourself / ceci n'est pas mon beautiful pipePermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP so excited for Steam actually getting some competition.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP that doesn't matter : you need a store that sells games to people who didn't know they wanted that gamePermalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP hmm, wise thoughts. We'll see.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just registered ringringringringringringringringringringringringringringring.com Maybe I should go to sleep?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@brandonnn it's always ring, it's never grin. I focus tested it in my head and 15 seemed like the right number.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 "The key is much too large and heavy to take with you." Ah-hahahahahaPermalink Look on archive.org
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@st33d @raiganburns @JasonP_ @smestorp I don't see why @smestorp has to be the originator for Brough-likes...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Would be at @GamesbytheSEA tomorrow (if I was in the UK)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp @mcclure111 Trying to make a straightforward thing, then you look back and see that it is a complex thing in the shape of you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@aanand I tried to block them from appearing in search results a while ago. Inconsistent results, but better than nothing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @steveklabnik: "Wait! Like all the original hackers are really mean, or really childish, or really racist.... *looks around* Oh THAT'S…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @smestorp: @jimrossignol that's not out of the question except to be honest it'll probably be a bit more of a Space MagentaPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @haikus_by_KN: There's talk about diversity issues in the game industry, and that's great. I'd like to see discussions about class thoug…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 that's a wonderful review. I am sorry for the pain you went through.Permalink Look on archive.org
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salon.com/2013/07/07/%E2%80%9Cwhy_did_you_shoot_me_i_was_reading_a_book_the_new_warrior_cop_is_out_of_control/singleton/ Steven Seagal drove a tank into a man's house during a police raid because animal welfare is one of his pet peeves.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees I'm so jealous right now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb You keep white wine in the fridge?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@compositeredfox you're such a teasePermalink Look on archive.org
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@jwaaaap Love that bookPermalink Look on archive.org
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@aliceingameland @TomNullpointer SamsungPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @victohenry: Update. Still safe, still hanging on. Not gonna lie, it's exhausting. Into final stretches now #iceclimbPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk proud to know one of them, if only distantly.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This code I am writing is magical as hell.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN magic is a really useful concept when programming. it's code that does things by means that are not at all apparent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_%28programming%29 -- but I'm doing it to provide a concise way to script dialogue, with the logic hidden.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN Of course, hiding the logic means that I'm torturing it a fair bit - variables are invisibly assigned, etc.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN that's the hope! I did consider actually writing a full on DSL, but then sanity prevailed.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @RobertWalter83 Does it work with Unity? I would be interested to see it, either way!Permalink Look on archive.org
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There a way to find missing scripts on SciptableObjects #unity3d?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fastramdesign like, I have a ScriptableObject asset, which references a script, and then the script is deleted, and now it says "Missing"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fastramdesign well, actually I want to just delete the ScriptableObject -- there's one per script containing Dialogue.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RobertWalter83 I'm not, I've just mangled coroutines to get it looking nice. Similar logical structure, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir I am imagining you toiling away, surrounded by golden waves of swaying men. And other things, also made of men.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@fridgehead You probably don't, though. You can see them in editor easily enough, I just want to editor script some pain away.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Always a Swallow, never an Amazon.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Okay. Let's pack, carry this heavy-ass bag to the metro, catch a plane, and return to the UK.Permalink Look on archive.org
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How is there a weekly board game jam round the corner from where I live that I hadn't heard of (@PaperJamGameJam)?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 I bet your basement is really cool right nowPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk oh hey. Guess who is back in the country? We should do a hang.Permalink Look on archive.org
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totaltheatre.org.uk/thomas-martin-and-pat-ashe-beta-public/ MEGA BASTARD got a good review.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Sarah Teather saying sensible things about immigration guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2013/jul/12/sarah-teather-angry-voices-immigrationPermalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar no love for Sublime Text?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar Never had an issue, but never tried it on a netbook. The beta of 3 has superquick startup. Though: word count is only via a pluginPermalink Look on archive.org
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@whitingjp yeah, Twitter changed their APIs and broke it. Some day I'll fix it up.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Fortress_Inman is it an issue of constrained width?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@resiak @whitingjp beautiful! I think I'll switch to that, then.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kierongillen getting a critical mass of artists means negotiating with labels. Spotify sold about 25% of their shares to labels for nothingPermalink Look on archive.org
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@kierongillen honestly, I think the bandcamp model is a better fix.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Could really do with being able to load web pages on my laptop.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I just caught up with the new Bad Machinery case and it is SO GOOD scarygoround.com/?date=20130615Permalink Look on archive.org
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Great dialogue, lovely art, and such an amazing command of pacing. It always feels unhurried, but every panel moves it forwards. SO GOOD.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @steveklabnik: Monads made difficult buff.ly/15xehFfPermalink Look on archive.org
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Idea I'll never bother to make: Vine robot.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @charltonbrooker whoahhhhhhhhh!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@amaninaseem Hey! How's it been going? Can I get a build of Magnetize Me to show the other Rumpus-ers?Permalink Look on archive.org
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"May says she is the politician and it's her job to decide these things."Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mareodomo You're missing the best bit, which is that it's a sped-up loop of Whistlestop, from the Disney Robin Hood.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore Never found a mismatch between transform.position and the objects actual position before. Is it moving enough? Is it visible?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore Yeah: I'm over on the other side, but I wish it wasn't such a barrierPermalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore Yeah -- but then, you rarely need everything. I do a lot of stuff with image effects, but could otherwise leave it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore But soon! soon! they'll put all the stuff that allows you to use source control properly in the free version.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro @moshboy @vectorpoem Other people's money! (Wild Rumpus has paid to fly me to GDC twice, frinstance)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rocketcatgames Castle of the Winds! I was in the same boat for ages.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang This is often the case, when writing exploratory code!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang haha, snap!Permalink Look on archive.org
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There should be a good shorthand for "a float that takes values between 0 and 1".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang I often go with ~Factor, but that's not quite it. Saw a SO post where someone has used ~Percentage, which is dumb.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiatoryang That's stupid. Which isn't to say I won't start using it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Which of these tiny screens would be most fun to make a game for? adafruit.com/products/684#Distributors adafruit.com/products/358#Technical%20Details adafruit.com/products/338#Distributors ?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Or something else???Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb All I can do you is 16-bit...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb It's this modern world... technology always limits us.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb there's also adafruit.com/products/902 ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Yeah, I was getting pretty excited by that -- but it's about 10 cm across (with the PCB), which I think is a bit too big.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Got a whole bag of vaious possibilities -- assuming I learn to surface mount solder, down to smaller than a Thinkpad nipple.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Target dimensions for the whole machine: 20cm x 5 cm x 5cm appx? If that's possible.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@troygilbert Ick ick ick ick ick : that's 0 - 100!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb @reallyfancy I was just thinking today I should organize a Peripheral Jam...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@samusclone Oh, I hope this is the case, and that they succeed! One thing I want to happen, but is hard, is showing non-gamers indie games.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@samusclone (which sucks, as it means great games that gamers tribally hate die because you need to win over the core audience to reach non)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@samusclone But maybe the Ouya can do important work in that direction. I really hope so.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@samusclone bleeah. One cool thing is that some weird art stuff, because it uses less established conventions, is actually super accessible.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @BRKeogh @samusclone I am young, and grew up playing SNES games emulated, on a computer, in an office chair.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @BRKeogh @samusclone with the buttons not mapped to Alt, Space, Z, X, C and V? That would probably be a better experience, yeah.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @BRKeogh @samusclone (some games you'd have to remap that, as alt-space is a windows thing. And some games used start & select...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leashless: White Coke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Coke I would very much like to see a movie about this. I think it would be excellent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Why not just sell a game code, if you need to connect anyway?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Of course I do!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tomscott @UsVsTh3m Haha -- I once made this game for blink-182. Only you had to stop at 1:82, of course...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg @LockAh Oh, that's NICE.Permalink Look on archive.org
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MT @increpare ... hairy corner ... sausage game ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir I have a microSD card adaptor here I'm struggling to have emotions about.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP You could put the game codes on giant medals.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: A big part of successful design is making decisions in the right order - locking some things down early and leaving oth…Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @KommanderKlobb: Thinking in terms of 'when do I need to make a decision about this?' is often helpful.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@amaninaseem not me! no clues on the device itself?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Have you read his recent book? I found it brilliant.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Why the minimum of $50,000 on the Ouya Kickstarter-matching funding?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP Well, sure: but with the setup they have, I imagine they're gonna get through that $1mil. This just narrows the number they give.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is pretty fucked up : you can’t search for #lesbian, #gay or #bisexual in the Tumblr iOS app any more. v21.tumblr.com/post/55780882302/this-is-pretty-fucked-up-you-cant-search-forPermalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb Yep. I think it's a fuckup coming from their recent porn restrictions. #lgbt works, for reference.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP I think it might be even better than Earthbound. Bit of a pain that the rhythm-battle timing is messed up emulated.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I am really enjoying Top of the Lake. Te pacing feels like a great comic book -- all beautiful panoramas and clipped conversations.Permalink Look on archive.org
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And the plot keeps moving forward! More than once per episode!Permalink Look on archive.org
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"You jump around in the elevator on top of the other passengers. They don't react. Okay" [new @aliendovecote game] aliendovecote.com/uploads/twine/tycoon/crime.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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Having now completed ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III, I absolutely recommend you play it. aliendovecote.com/uploads/twine/tycoon/crime.htmlPermalink Look on archive.org
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@joonturbo Twine offline?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joonturbo You can just load the webpage, and should stay there?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@joonturbo Yeah, they're almost always just a single webpage.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Right now, an aircon sounds pretty cool. (Do you see what I did there?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Not that they're hard to obtain, but: 4 PC Xbox controllers. Would be nice if there was a second monitor to plug my laptop into.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Hm... graphics tablet?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@richlitt I don't see why I need a web page for this...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @Brendy_C @philippawarr @PhillCameron I might charge both laptop batteries and come and join you, if that's okay?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees @toksvig No water? You're playing that game the coward's way.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@severalbees @toksvig What?! That's amazing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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This is what videogames should look like instagram.com/p/b8oS3xnY1g/#Permalink Look on archive.org
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@KommanderKlobb I'd do the same if I had anyone to demand it of.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kylepulver @ADAMATOMIC oh god, I've never got this confused before, but now I have no idea which is which.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress I saw one parked in Mile End station - might've been carrying supplies for maintenance work.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 you should post about @benthorizon 's amazing breakdancing sausage game that he's totally going to release real soon now.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I watched the first 2 eps of Bravest Warriors ages ago and didn't dig it. Then I watched the rest last night and now think it's pretty good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Still not super into the main team dynamic, but the world and (okay, okay, it's mainly this) catbug are great.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Which is a really roundabout way of getting round to saying @natazilla's Bee And Puppycat is amazing! And Baths did the soundtrack?!Permalink Look on archive.org
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This fucking porn filter is such a stupid idea. It's clearly going to both let porn through, and block things that aren't porn.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Like, some stuff I enjoy looking at on the Internet, even I don't know if they're porn or not. So how an algorithm has any hope, idk...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Or, the way that it presumably ignores the existence of "https" (unless it just blocks on a domain level, I guess, but that's stupid)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I should probably... write strongly worded letters to my MP. On a number of issues.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Pisscress it was! Big yellow thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@benthorizon @Carachan1 ok ok ok. (But for reals, Cara, you'll love it)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 I was about to be all "hello! One of three, reporting in!". Then I remembered about that "sometimes having sex with men" thing.Permalink Look on archive.org
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How are they thinking of implementing this porn block, actually? Anyone found a good article on that?Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @timoncheese: David Cameron confirms that The Sun and Page 3 will not be included in his porn filters #R2Vine #PornPermalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC Hm. But accessibility is reaching a lower part than that : accessibility is good enough to get to the good bits, surely?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ADAMATOMIC If you're at the mind games stage you've already entered, surely?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Still think the game is great: but I don't know I agree about comparing it to The Room. Let's See What @jennatar Thinks.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. I will now look the price of a 3DS again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar There's nothing else I want it for. But... £120...Permalink Look on archive.org
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Ah! Relief! I have returned home, and can now take off my clothes!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir Sure, I'd be up for that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @nachimir I'm renting David my Oculus Rift, and I've taken my trousers off because it's very warm in here.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @nachimir I don't see what's mysterious at all about this turn of events.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @smestorp I got all excited for a hidden world of burritos in Edinburgh. But then you, and the Forest, let me down.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @smestorp (their burritos are fine, I guess. But they're not like SF good.)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @smestorp although! This advice may be hideously out of date, but try Palmyra for falafel)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I look at this list, and I feel arcane, hard-won knowledge becoming obsolete. unity3d.com/unity/whats-new/unity-4.2.html . That's a good thing, though.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered I actually (hope) it's the texture importer "alpha is transparency" this that fixes a stack of photoshop trickery.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow tee hee hee. Replaced the inner tube, bike's all sorted now - thanks again, she's a beaut!Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow @nickholl I had a whole chain of Photoshop actions to fix it. But it made editing them after a pain in the arse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just watched ep 6 of Top of the Lake, and oh boy. Heavy stuff.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The pacing of each episode is really interesting -- never just a straight cliffhanger climax.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 some happy memories for you here toxoplasm.org/post/56284370395/juryrig-motdef-i-beat-the-worst-game-to-bePermalink Look on archive.org
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I disagree with Jason Rohrer's politics but that doesn't mean he shouldn't make a game about them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@eddiecameron most criticism I've seen is more mockery and contempt for his views than his craft expressing them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN nah, you also have to, to use TVTropes' term, hang a lampshade on it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @KommanderKlobb by translating it into mechanics, then seeing the consequence of those mechanics in play.Permalink Look on archive.org
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My Unity project takes ages to start (enter play mode). How can I find out why?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Going along to see @hannahnicklin's thing at the BAC tonight, if anyone wants to come along? bac.org.uk/content/27784/see_whats_on/current_shows/cook_up/a_conversation_with_my_father_edinburgh_previewPermalink Look on archive.org
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@RC_1290 Trying again, and now it says it's generating 1200 meshes rather than 12, which is presumably my problem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@RC_1290 Thanks for the tip about loading the scene at runtime to get it to show in the Profiler, though, I hadn't thought of that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Can't work out why this is so slow, because it's so slow the profiler gives up on it. #unity3dPermalink Look on archive.org
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@c_hedborg I would if I was about. But instead I'm going to go to the theatrePermalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 @Jennimason0990 like, I agree with all that- and yet, there's nothing else I'd prefer to switch to. I hear Mercurial's nice, thoPermalink Look on archive.org
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Experiment 12 geocities.ws/experimenttwelve/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Are there any good resources how Unity loads scenes, and stupid tricks you can do to defer stuff?Permalink Look on archive.org
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It looks like Loading.ReadObject is loading every referenced Prefab of the scene, which is Too Much...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro yeah, everything is on the screen to start. But it looks like it's loading prefabs just referenced in memory in then, too.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Yeah, that's what I mean. Looks like Resources.Load is my best bet.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Had done that with the audio, but it hadn't occurred to me that it would be such a problem with thousands of boring GameObjects.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Problem is, we have ~50 plants that can be planted, each with about 5-30 states, each as a nested GameObject (with a mesh on each)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Not actually huge in terms of filesize, but you obviously get killed on any overhead per GO. And plant choice is unpredictable.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro It's not the worst -- at least I only have two types of thing to move...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@TomNullpointer That's a fantastic hack, in both senses of the word. Don't think I need to do that this time (lots of little meshes), but taPermalink Look on archive.org
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RT @9W_vgculture: We'll be discussing Greenlight and how to curate the good indie games @London_Geekfest with @SFBTom @neveahfs @john_brind…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonboris I'm a fan of kentandcleal.co.uk/cats.asp?catid=0016Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @rclarke You seem to spend a lot of time drunk in fields. I envy you.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke What? I don't think I agree. There's a reason the cliche is "space marine", not "regular marine".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Or the influence of D&D?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp have you renamed 868-hack again?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Geek culture claims it as it's own.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke So: videogames doesn't have a complete cultural overlap, but none of the strands of 9W overlap entirely.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke The connection isn't new, or arbitrary, though (but again, neither is it complete)Permalink Look on archive.org
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I played some Last of Us round @HilariousCow and @rclarke's. Now I want to play more, but no PS3. :<Permalink Look on archive.org
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Rare feelings of videogame desire.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(to be filed along with my AC longing, also requiring a Shiny New Piece Of Expensive Technology)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Hm. You might be right, actually -- I don't have a good conception of changes that happened then.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@rclarke Mainly I am having conflicted and deep feelings about whether it's desirable to move videogames (or a subset) to high culture.Permalink Look on archive.org
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The odd mixture of delight and dread that comes from seeing a bit of structure you've always thought smelled off cause an actual problem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LawrieARussell Code. But I imagine it's a similar feeling.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @tigershungry *yearsPermalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe you don't even have a leather jacket!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Visual Studio insists on CRLF, Unity's file templates use LF. Both complain when things are inconsistent.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@banjoses but they get overwritten every time you upgrade Unity... (so I'm upgrading to 4.2 first)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@VitaminPowered only until you close it and open it again.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Searching some stuff I found in disassembled Unity code, I seem to have found alpha release notes for Unity 4.3. It's exciting stuff!Permalink Look on archive.org
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Genuinely don't know if I should post the link...Permalink Look on archive.org
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(Also, irritatingly, the trivial task I am currently trying to solve right now is actually possible in it. But not currently)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jonbro Just trying to work out how much use the new stuff would be for us on Mutazione...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario yo, we should hang. Next week?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mjntendency @SeeBeeWhitman @c_hedborg just run it for a friend.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tef yes you willPermalink Look on archive.org
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@tef I was there yesterday. It was also hell. Sometimes it's that or Oxford Street.Permalink Look on archive.org
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So I'm starting to write this talk, and it's become two separate talks. Which should I give?Permalink Look on archive.org
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Option 1: a bit of a rant about the importance of the physical (controllers, screen, etc) to the experience of playing a videogame.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Or Option 2: some ways that designing physical things are different to designing digital things(when you get to do both halves of a project)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk actually, tomorrow is perfect. Let's do it. My side of town or yours? (Though, where do you go during the day?)Permalink Look on archive.org
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Option 1 has a unifying thesis behind it, Option 2 is probably more humane and funnier. Option 2 also has more Look At My Stuff, though...Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp impossible to relate, humanely, to people when talking about large groups of them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp don't know it's better to not talk about them, or talk inhumanely about them?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp When it comes to larger issues, I think talking inhumanely is best -- easy to do evil accidentally when swayed by emotive stories.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@smestorp (see also: disproportionate response to deaths by terrorism vs car crashes, and so many other examples)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk Sure, or, actually: Brick Lane/Spitalfields Market like old times? Got a few bits I want to buy round there.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@kitrichardsonuk (that preference is easily overridden by A Specific Place That's Good For Lunch)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Carachan1 there's always the internet for hanging out with all the people in the world that share your views.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Carachan1 which is way too cynical a view, really. But I do struggle to know what the world looks like not in the circles I'm in.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir @Carachan1 ha! Our replies crossed - me wanting to meet them, you despairing of meeting them.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@nachimir don't know if I'm just younger, or had a happier or less observant childhood.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @IVSoftware: We expect forums to be nasty sometimes. But I have never seen such horror as @Polytron's comments section: http://t.co/pQ8I…Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro I'm sure she has -- I'd've probably worded that tweet differently if hadn't been lazy and went for a RT.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@ellaguro The point I think I was making was: I've got no blame for anyone who leaves a situation rather than face that kind of abuse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Depressing update to last RT: @ellaguro reminds me that @femfreq has seen worse. Also, it turns out I still had gamerfury.tumblr.com/ open.Permalink Look on archive.org
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What a lovely start to another week working in the videogame industry.Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @leighalexander: But donot worry every body just stay super Positive & share the LOVE of gameing hehehehe ;-) B-)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin but we did get the entire world using entirely ridiculous, childish words.Permalink Look on archive.org
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“He’s got a family. You’ve got to protect your own.” raniakhalek.com/2013/07/27/black-boy-14-clings-to-life-after-white-homeowner-shoots-him-in-the-head/Permalink Look on archive.org
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@LewieP @Carachan1 did a nice preview: rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/22/hands-on-the-bureau-xcom-declassified/ (sadly lacking Peter Pan references, though)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@CaptainNono Going on their (lack of) response to Trayvon Martin, I wouldn't hold your breath.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@auntiepixelante @holagatosaurio The best stickers! I have some on my laptop. <3 <3 <3Permalink Look on archive.org
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These are the best stickers: hola.gatosaurio.com/ (where I got those rad stickers on my laptop from)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Babylonian @retroremakes I keep wondering when the puns will run out. The puns never run out.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Or, an entire face done up like that amazing vector eyeball demo that made by I wish I could remember who.Permalink Look on archive.org
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"I have a very nice fruit matching game with challenging 20 levels and nice effects. I hope your website will have a nice place for my game"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EvanBalster @vectorpoem @compositeredfox Yeah, but that's why it's great! It plays with stretching an established feel past breaking point.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EvanBalster @vectorpoem @compositeredfox I am now curious to know what your eye would look like if the parameters were unclamped.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EvanBalster @vectorpoem @compositeredfox Like, I am absolutely in love with this: computersclub.org/club/?p=3949Permalink Look on archive.org
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@jennatar @pkollar @ctplante Did you read Tom Sennett's blog about being that guy? tomsennett.tumblr.com/post/56708054499/video-games-aint-life-manPermalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 @jennatar I wish I didn't have real-life connections to that guy.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@hannahnicklin @patrickashe Yeah, for sure. Would presumably need a court order to get Twitter to confirm once it's deleted/private.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@EvanBalster Your stuff is way cooler. But the choice'll always come down to the team's skills, and what the game needs from it.Permalink Look on archive.org
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I hope my already somewhat unhealthy attitude to the Internet never has the added stress of becoming a person who routinely receives abuse.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@haikus_by_KN @nachimir To be completely honest, for me the desire to create a cult of personality came before the game dev.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Whoo! Time taken to start this Unity project has went from 1m20 ish to 15 seconds-ish.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@tigershungry @doougle @JohnPolson @RamiroCorbetta @zoewi most importantly: thinking about what presentation suits each game best.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dmnddst I had to write some stupid stuff to Resources.Load all of your options into memory when they're chosen, not at startup.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@dmnddst Most of the remaining 15 seconds is there to load in the outlines for the options.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Just finished Top of the Lake. Fuck. That's gonna stay with me for a while.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Anamanaguchi is playing in London in September! stargreen.com/anamanaguchi.html?affiliate=songkickPermalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore Whoaaaaaa, I did not notice that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@infovore I got a ticket back when they went out through Songkick. But @patrickashe will be in the market for one, come payday.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@patrickashe @BRKeogh Still playing : Helix, Stickets, King of Dragon Pass, Toca Boca Hair Salon 2.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe @BRKeogh Or, as much: enjoy the initial analysis-paralysis. Like Crusader Kings II, it enjoys ambiguity.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@edclef @patrickashe @BRKeogh If it told you exactly what things meant, it'd be a lot less interesting. Roleplay it some.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@BRKeogh @patrickashe It's so good.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Han I've got a copy of this downstairs s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/000/560/550/0b380730babeaa8dd4ce1be3cb0865a4_large.gif?1367498031 (Anamanaguchi Airbrushed single)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@mcclure111 "She is checking you out right now!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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@daphaknee @realnoyb ZAMBONI GAME IS THE BEST!Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @ragzouken: three new ways to use sfxr ludumdare.com/compo/2013/07/30/iecsfxr-three-new-ways-to-use-sfxr/ please take a look and fill out the questionnaire for my masters project …Permalink Look on archive.org
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Maybe make a game for the Boob Jam. theboobjam.tumblr.com/whoPermalink Look on archive.org
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Man, typing the words "Boob Jam" is fun.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@Carachan1 Link to the NEED FOR MADNESS website is borked (missing "http://")Permalink Look on archive.org
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Really like the style of NEED FOR MADNESS rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07/31/i-feel-the-need-need-for-madness/Permalink Look on archive.org
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RT @fakeedbutler: "CLSA plotted executive pay of Australia’s top 200 companies vs shareholder return. Here’s the rather amusing result" htt…Permalink Look on archive.org
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Whoa, Wikipedia finally deployed their visual editor.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow possibly line ending fuckery?Permalink Look on archive.org
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@HilariousCow (could be fixed with some ignore whitespace flags, if so)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes I really like how every time you understand what the game is about it turns into a different game.Permalink Look on archive.org
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Politicans smiling at foodbanks wingsoverscotland.com/the-pride-of-britain/Permalink Look on archive.org
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Enjoying this button that isn't hooked up to anything, but nevertheless works.Permalink Look on archive.org
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(A "Refresh" button, when any interaction with the panel makes it refresh anyway)Permalink Look on archive.org
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@radiodario Oooh, I like that.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes I have a text file of game ideas: I picked up the idea from @terrycavanagh. I've even crossed off a fair few.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes I also have a notebook, but that's not so much for ideas as todo lists, planning and random notes.Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes ALSO I have a A3 jotter pad on my desk the whole time. Again, for todo lists and "thinking with a pen".Permalink Look on archive.org
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@retroremakes I am basically shit at ideas when my hands are on a computer.Permalink Look on archive.org
